This fall, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and most of the sitting lawmakers in the New York state Legislature will run for re-election. They will no doubt point to the slew of corruption-related charges, convictions and resignations in state government and portray themselves as the candidates who, if re-elected, will clean up the Capitol.

Well, they've all had years to do just that, and little to show for it.

Good-government proposals have been floated in the Legislature every session. They've gone nowhere.

And the corruption continues. Public officials use their power and influence to send taxpayer money to companies that write hefty checks to their campaigns, or hired their relatives or friends in cushy jobs that require little if any work, or funnel money into their pockets, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions, through businesses they have on the side. Some of this is illegal, but shockingly — shockingly, that is, to those citizens who have not grown so cynical and numb that they can still be shocked — is not.

The Senate, Assembly, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo all say they want to fix this. And when they fail to do so, year after year, they blame someone else.

Well, if not them — if not the people with the power to make and change the laws — then who?

And, if not now — when the Legislature is still in session — then when?

It's time. Right now. This week.

They can make it easier for the public to track the billions of dollars that flow through the state's economic development programs and public authorities by creating a "Database of deals." This is just about the lowest-hanging fruit of all.

They can strengthen the state comptroller's authority over state contracts and grants — including those done through the State University of New York and public nonprofit corporations.

They can bring down this state's high limits on campaign donations — ceilings that are now so high they all but scream "pay to play." And while they're at it, they can ban the awarding of state contracts or the issuance of state grants or loans to people and entities that have donated large sums of money to state politicians and political parties — and declare once and for all that writing a big campaign check cannot buy such favors.

They can close the LLC Loophole, which rich individuals and businesses have used to funnel unlimited contributions to campaign accounts through limited liability companies.

They can enact public financing of campaigns — and stop exaggerating how much it would cost or suggesting that all sorts of bad people would take advantage of it. The current system has been abused by plenty of bad actors. Public financing, already working in New York City, could come with even tighter rules so that money isn't misspent.

Painful as some may find it, they can and enact a ban, or at least strict limits, on outside income.

They should further empower voters — one of the strongest signals they can send that they believe in their own accountability. That includes removing the obstacles that no doubt contribute to this state's dismal turnout. They can provide automatic registration of voters when they turn 18, allow registration right up until election day, eliminate the requirement that voters have only limited excuses for voting by absentee ballot, and loosen up the requirement that people change their party enrollment many months in advance in order to be able to vote in a primary.

And for when public officials are suspected of doing something wrong, New York needs a serious watchdog, not the clearly inadequate Joint Commission on Public Ethics that's too much under the control of the very officials it's supposed to keep an eye on. New York needs a strong, independent body, similar to the Commission on Judicial Conduct that investigates and disciplines judges.

That's a hefty list, we know. It would be impressive if they got it all done, but even a few big steps would begin to make a difference.

And there are many other issues they can and should attend to if they're going to ask New Yorkers for another chance to represent them. High among them:

Pass the "Red Flag Gun Protection Bill" that would allow family members, teachers and school administrators who believe a person poses a danger to pursue a court order to have that person's firearms seized. Suggesting, as so many politicians who oppose stronger gun control do, that "we need to do something about mental illness" is just empty talk without a mechanism for taking guns away from people who, to those who interact with them every day, are clearly and dangerously disturbed.

Protect abortion rights from an increasingly anti-choice Washington, including a president who has stated his intent to see Roe v. Wade overturned, and with the help of fellow Republicans who control all of Congress is packing the federal courts with judges ready to help him do it.

Repeal Section 50-a of the state's civil rights law, which courts have so broadly interpreted that it has become a wall around records concerning police and corrections officers misconduct.

Fix bail rules and procedures in New York, where too often people who have not been convicted of a crime languish in jail because they can't afford to post bail.

Pass legislation that allows victims of child sex abuse to seek justice beyond the current statute of limitations.

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And here's what ought to be a particularly easy one: Ban credit reporting companies from charging consumers to lock and unlock their credit files. People didn't ask for their data to be kept by these companies, and they shouldn't have to pay to take control of it to protect themselves from fraud.

There are three days left on the legislative calendar, still enough time to make at least a sincere dent in a to-do list that has languished too long. Come this fall, don't tell New Yorkers merely what you'll do, maybe, if re-elected. Show 'em what you've done.